For Ensenada Cruisers - Made Simple For Cruisers

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for Ensenada Cruisers By T L Sparks 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 1 Terry Sparks  Over 40 years in Communications  Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering  Past Chief Engineer of TV Station - KVEW  Retired Navy Commander  Retired Power Engineering Company - ABB *************  General Class Radio Telephone License with Radar Endorsement  Amateur Extra Ham License & VE (AD7XL)  Navy MARS Qualified Operator (NNN0AYM)  Ships License (WDA 5497)  VHF and HF SSB Phone Number/MMSI: 366820740  4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 2 Overview  GMDSS History  GMDSS Functions and Equipment  GMDSS Compliance  US Coast Guard & GMDSS  GMDSS, DSC, and You  Search and Rescue in Mexico  Recommendations 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 3 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 4 GMDSS History  In 1844 ships relied on Morse code, invented by Samuel Morse.  The Titanic sinking, in 1912, made the industry aware of the value of Morse code at sea.  The U.S. Congress enacted legislation, requiring U.S. ships to use Morse code radiotelegraph equipment for distress calls. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 5 GMDSS History  The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) (now a United Nations group) followed suit for ships of all nations.  Required skilled operator Listening for hours at a time  Limited range on the medium frequency (MF) distress band (500 kHz)  Limited amount of traffic via Morse.  Morse distress calling has saved thousands of lives. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 6 GMDSS History  Stations used long-range communications on HF bands  3–30 MHz  Radio telegrams  Worldwide communications with ships  Portishead Radio     4/26/2014 World's busiest radiotelephony station Provided HF long-range services In 1974, it had 154 radio operators Handled over 20 million words per year www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 7 GMDSS History  Large radiotelephony stations were expensive to operate.  End of the 1980s, Satellite Services began.  Took a large share of the ship-to-shore communications market. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 8 GMDSS History  The International Maritime Organization (IMO)  United Nations agency - Specializing in safety of shipping  Defines ways to improve maritime distress and safety communications  In 1979, IMO experts drafted the “International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue”  Required a global search and rescue plan. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 9 GMDSS History  The Expert Group also passed a resolution  IMO to Develop a Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)  Identified the communication support needed to implement the search and rescue plan. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 10 GMDSS History  GMDSS is based upon a combination of satellite and terrestrial radio services  Changed distress calls from primarily ship-to-ship to ship- to-shore.  Rescue Coordination Center  Ended Morse code communications other than Amateur Radio Operators (Hams). 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 11 GMDSS History  The GMDSS provides for automatic distress alerting and locating  Requires ships to Receive broadcasts of maritime safety information  To prevent a distress from happening in the first place.  Including Cruisers 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 12 GMDSS History  In 1988, IMO amended the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention  Required ships to have GMDSS equipment.  Ships were required to carry NAVTEX and satellite EPIRBs by August 1, 1993  To fit all other GMDSS equipment by February 1, 1999. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 13 GMDSS History  The US Telecommunications Act of 1996  US ships were allowed to install GMDSS  Replacing Morse type telegraphy equipment 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 14 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 15 GMDSS  Internationally agreed-upon set of  Safety procedures  Types of equipment  Communication protocols  Simplifies rescue of distressed ships, boats, aircraft and Even Cruisers. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 16 GMDSS Functions  Alerting  Including position of the unit in distress  Search and rescue coordination  Locating  Maritime safety information broadcasts  General communications  Bridge-to-bridge communications 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 17 Required Equipment  GMDSS Vessels: Over 300 Gross tonnage (GT)  Depend on the ship's area of operation.  Requires redundant means of:  GMDSS Equipment  Distress alerting  Emergency sources of power 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 18 Components of GMDSS  Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB)  NAVTEX  Inmarsat  High Frequency Radio Equipment  Search and Rescue Locating device  Digital Selective Calling Equipment  Power Supply Requirements 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 19 Vessel That Have GMDSS  Use Digital Selective Calling (DSC) VHF/HF SSB radios.  DSC is major part of GMDSS  Cruisers link into the GMDSS world 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 20 EPIRB  Cospas-Sarsat  International satellite-based Search and Rescue System  Established by Canada, France, United States, and Russia.  Jointly develop the 406 MHz EPIRB 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 21 EPIRB  The original EPIRB system used polar orbiting satellites  Expanded to include 4 geostationary satellites.  EPIRBs with GPS provide location within about 20 meters.  Non GPS EPIRB position to within about 3 nm  4/26/2014 Uses Doppler techniques. www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 22 Cruiser EPIRB  Check Your EPIRBs monthly and annually  Make sure the battery is still good  Limited battery life between 2 to 5 years 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 23 Cruiser EPIRB  406 MHz EPIRB's transmit a registration number  Linked to a database of information about your vessel.  You must keep the database up to date! https://beaconregistration.noaa.gov/rgdb/ 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 24 Navtex  International, automated system for instantly distributing maritime safety information (MSI)  Navigational warnings  Weather forecasts  Weather warnings  Search and rescue notices  Similar information to ships. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 25 Navtex  A smart printing radio receiver is installed  Located where the ship is navigated  Printer checks incoming message for:  Repeats  If it is of a category of no interest. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 26 Navtex  518 kHz in English,  490 kHz is sometime used to broadcast in a local language. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 27 Navtex  The messages are coded with a header code  Uses single letters to represent broadcasting stations, type of messages, and serial number of the message.  For example: FA56 where:  F is the ID of the transmitting station  A indicates the message category navigational warning,  56 is the consecutive message number. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 28 GMDSS Satellite System  Operated by the Inmarsat  Overseen by the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO).  Provide ship/shore, ship/ship and shore/ship  Telephone, telex and high-speed data services,  Includes a distress priority telephone and telex service to and from rescue coordination centers. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 29 Inmarsat  The Inmarsat C SafetyNET service  High seas weather warnings  NAVAREA navigational warnings  Radio navigation warnings  Ice reports and warnings  Other similar information not provided by NAVTEX.  SafetyNET works similarly to NAVTEX in areas outside NAVTEX coverage. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 30 Inmarsat  SOLAS requires Inmarsat C equipment have GPS.  Ensures accurate position data is sent.  Inmarsat C are compliant with ship security alert system (SSAS).  SSAS covertly transmit a security alert distress message to local authorities  Mutiny, pirate attack, or other hostile action towards the vessel or its crew. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 31 High Frequency  High Frequency (HF) Radiotelephone is a part of a GMDSS system  Only digital selective calling (DSC) HF Equipment  Requirement Dependent on operational Sea Area  4/26/2014 Not required for Costal Only Vessels www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 32 Digital Selective Calling  The IMO introduced Digital Selective Calling (DSC) on MF, HF and VHF maritime radios.  DSC is primarily intended to initiate ship-to-ship, ship-to- shore and shore-to-ship radiotelephone and MF/HF radiotelex calls. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 33 Digital Selective Calling  DSC calls can also be made to individual stations, groups of stations, or "all stations" in one's radio range.  Uses Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI).  DSC distress alerts received by GMDSS ships and rescue coordination centers. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 34 Digital Selective Calling  DSC eliminates the need for persons listening for voice May Day Calls  The MF/HF listening watch aboard GMDSS ended on February 1, 1999.  IMO maintained the Distress VHF (Channel 16) listening watch aboard ships until 2005.  01 Feb 2005 The VHF (Channel 16) Distress Voice watch requirement ended for GMDSS vessels. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 35 Digital Selective Calling  IMO and ITU both require that the DSC-equipped MF/HF and VHF radios be connected to GPS.  Ensure accurate location information is sent to a rescue coordination center.  The FCC requires that all new VHF and MF/HF maritime radiotelephones “type accepted” after June 1999 have at least a basic DSC capability. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 36 Digital Selective Calling  GMDSS telecommunications equipment is not reserved for only emergency use.  The IMO encourages mariners to use DSC for routine as well as safety telecommunications.  Make DSC calls instead of Hailing on emergency channels! 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 37 Power Supply Requirements  GMDSS equipment is required to be powered from three sources of supply:  ship's normal alternators/generators;  ship's emergency alternator/generator (if fitted); and  a dedicated radio battery supply.  The batteries are required to have a capacity to power the equipment for 6 hours  The batteries must be charged by an automatic charger  Changeover from AC to battery supply must be automatic. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 38 Power Supply Requirements  During Coast Guard inspections:  the batteries must be able to go from 100% discharge to fully charged in no longer than 10 hours in order to pass certification.  The charger must be obtainable at all times during vessel operation and should be inspected to make sure it functions properly.  When the reserve source of energy consists of batteries, the battery capacity must be checked at intervals not exceeding 12 months. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 39 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 40 GMDSS sea areas  Sea Area A1  Sea Area A2  Sea Area A3  Sea Area A4  GMDSS radio equipment required for U.S. coastal voyages 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 41 Sea Area A1  An area with radiotelephone coverage of at least one VHF coast station.  Continuous DSC alerting and radiotelephony services are available.  Ch.70/156.525 MHz  The area could extend typically 30 nautical miles (56 km) to 40 nautical miles (74 km) from the Coast Station.  Antenna Height is the key 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 42 Sea Area A1  An area with radiotelephone coverage of at least one VHF coast station.  DSC alerting and radiotelephony services are available.  Ch.70  The area could extend to 40 nautical miles from Coast Stations.  Antenna Height is the key 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 43 Sea Area A2  Area, excluding Sea Area A1  Within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one MF coast station  Which continuous DSC (2187.5 kHz) alerting and radiotelephony services are available.  The area typically extends up to 180 nautical miles (330 km) offshore during daylight hours 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 44 Sea Area A2  Medium Frequency (MF) to Costal station  MF DSC (2187.5 kHz) alerting and radiotelephony services.  The area typically extends up to 180 nautical miles offshore during daylight hours  Satisfactory coverage may often be achieved out to around 150 nautical miles offshore during night time. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 45 Sea Area A3  Within the coverage of an Inmarsat geostationary satellite.  This area lies between about latitude 76 Degrees North and South  Inmarsat guarantees their system will work between 70 South and 70 North  It will often work to 76 degrees South or North. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 46 Sea Area A4  An area outside Sea Areas A1, A2 and A3  This is essentially the polar regions,  North and south of about 70 degrees of latitude 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 47 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 48 GMDSS Compliance?  Under Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), every ship at sea, must have essential communications.  Transmitting ship-to-shore distress alerts by at least two separate and independent means  Receiving shore-to-ship distress alerts  Transmitting & receiving signals for locating 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 49 GMDSS Compliance?  Transmitting and receiving  Ship-to-ship distress alerts  Search and rescue coordinating communications  On-scene communications 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 50 GMDSS Compliance?  Under Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), every ship at sea, must also have equipment for:  Maritime safety information  General radio communications to and from shore-based radio systems or networks  Bridge-to-bridge communications. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 51 GMDSS Compliance?  100% redundancy of GMDSS Equipment. Or  GMDSS Licensed Maintainer and Spare Parts 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 52 Licensed Maintainers  GMDSS Maintainer license  written exam element 9 must be passed.  Must also hold a General radiotelephone operator license  Written exam elements 1 and 3  Allows holder to adjust, maintain, and repair shipboard GMDSS equipment.  Optional ship radar endorsement  Written exam element 8  Allows the holder to adjust, maintain, and repair shipboard radar equipment. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 53 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 54 GMDSS System  01 August 2013 CG terminated its radio guard on:  2182.0 kHz Safety and Calling Frequency  2187.5 kHz international digital selective calling (DSC) distress and safety frequency  2670.0 kHz Marine Broadcasts www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 55 CG Monitored GMDSS Frequencies Hailing  Working  Frequencies  Frequencies   4,125.0  6,215.0  8,291.0  12,290.0  16,420.0 4/26/2014 RX  4,426.0  6,501.0  8,764.0  13,089.0  17,314.0 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com TX 4,134.0 6,200.0 8,240.0 12,242.0 16,432.0 56 US CG Monitoring Schedule kHz SHIP STATION kHz COAST STATION NMF NMN NMA NMG 4125 4125 2300-1100Z 2300-1100Z 2300-1100Z 2300-1100Z 6215 6215 24 HRS 24 HRS 24 HRS 24 HRS 8291 8291 24 HRS 24 HRS 24 HRS 24 HRS 12290 12290 1100-2300Z 1100-2300Z 1100-2300Z 1100-2300Z Station and Schedule (UTC) kHz SHIP STATION kHz COAST STATION NMC NMO NOJ 4125 4125 24 HRS 0600-1800Z 24 HRS 6215 6215 24 HRS 24 HRS 24 HRS 8291 8291 24 HRS 24 HRS 12290 12290 24 HRS 1800-0600Z 4/26/2014 kHz SHIP STATION kHz COAST STATION Station and Schedule (UTC) Guam 6215 6215 0900-2100Z 12290 12290 2100-0900Z www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 57 SELCAL MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY USCG Communications Area Master Station Atlantic, Chesapeake VA/NMN - 003669995 USCG Communications Area Master Station Atlantic, remotely keying transmitters at Boston/NMF - 003669991 USCG Communications Area Master Station Atlantic, remotely keying transmitters at Miami/NMA -- 003669997 USCG Communications Area Master Station Atlantic, remotely keying transmitters at New Orleans/NMG -- 003669998 USCG Communications Area Master Station Pacific, Pt. Reyes CA/NMC -- 003669990 USCG Communications Area Master Station Pacific, remotely keying transmitters at Guam/NRV 1096 -- USCG Communications Area Master Station Pacific, remotely keying transmitters at Honolulu HI/NMO -- 003669993 USCG Communications Station Kodiak AK/NOJ - 003669899 USCG Marianas Section Guam -- 003669994 Station 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 58 DSC Testing Portsmouth/NMN, Boston/NMF, Miami/NMA, New Orleans/NMG,  Pt. Reyes/NMC, Honolulu HI/NMO, Kodiak AK/NOJ 4207.5 6312 8414.5 12577 DSC test calls on 4207.5 KHz will be automatically  acknowledged from Portsmouth/NMN and Pt  Reyes/NMC. Responses to test calls on other  frequencies and at the other locations may be delayed  and cannot be assured. 16804.5 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 59 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 60 GMDSS  Lot of Potential Help from GMDSS Vessels  GMDSS Vessels - for Distress and General Help  Doctors  Medicine  Parts  Floating vessel  Link with Search and Rescue (SAR)  Distress Help 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 61 Digital Selective Calling  DSC CALL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CRUISERS  Call large Ships via DSC to assure a response.  (Per IMO) Call your friends Via DSC  Call all your Friends at once with a group call  Call everyone with a Safety Call (Geographic Call)  If you need Help Make an Urgent Call  If Life or Property is threatened Make a Distress Call 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 62 Setting Up Your DSC Capability If your Radio has a Distress Button!  Program in your MMSI number  Add your Friends to your Individual Directory  Add Groups in Group Directory  MSSIs  Start with a number for a vessel  Start with a “0” for a Group  Start with “00” for a shore station including shore station Groups 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 63 Putting in your MMSI  Refer to your Radio Manual  Programming is a DSC function  Most radios limit the number of times you can Enter  Maybe changed only once after Entered.  If you buy a used Radio / Boat you may have to send the radio to the factory to allow a new MMSI.  Some radios have you type in the number twice and will only program if they match.  Counts as one Programming 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 64 Adding Individuals  Refer to your Radio Manual Again  Basic Steps, but may vary with radio manufacture  Select Menu  DSC Setup  Individual Directory  Add  Name the individual or boat (Terry or Sunnyside)  Add the MMSI Number (366820740)  4/26/2014 My Phone Number is on my boat cards! www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 65 Adding Groups  Refer to your Radio Manual Again  Basic Steps, but may vary with radio manufacture  Select Menu  DSC Setup  Group Directory  Add  Name the Group (Ensenada)  Add the MMSI Number (036682074) 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 66 Making an Individual Call  Refer to your Radio Manual Again for Differences  Press Call  Select Individual  Select the Boat or Name  Select a Channel to transmit on  Display asks if OK to “Transmit?”  Select “Yes”  Waiting for Acknowledgement (ACK)  When you Press “Quit” the radio will go to the selected channel. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 67 Receiving an Individual Call  Radio will make a sound or ring and display  If caller is programmed you see the name  If caller is not programmed you see the MMSI  Radios vary on the next steps  Some have an Enter key  Some have soft keys that say Accept or Quit  Follow Display pressing  Your radio will go to the channel selected by the caller. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 68 Making a Group Call  Refer to your Radio Manual Again for Differences  Press Call  Select Group  Select the Group Name  Select a Channel to transmit on  Display asks if OK to “Transmit?”  Select “Yes”  Radio will go to the appropriate channel.  Wait a few minutes and announce you are present. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 69 Receiving a Group Call  Radio will make a sound or ring and display  Only if the Group MMSI is programmed in the Radio  Radios vary on the next steps again  Some have an Enter key or soft keys again.  Follow Display pressing  Your radio will go to the channel selected by the caller.  When you are on Channel, listen then announce you are in the group 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 70 Making a All Ships Call  Select Call  Select All Ships or Geographic  Select Safety or Urgency  Safety is like a Security Call (Safety Information)  Urgency is like a Pan Pan Call (Need Help)  Pick a channel (16 is OK)  Say “Yes” to Transmit  To go to Channel will be the same as a group call for you radio.  Practice Group Calls 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 71 Making a Distress Call  Lift the Red cover on the radio or microphone  Press and hold the button for ~5 seconds  Display may do a Countdown  When an Acknowledgment (ACK) is Received  A loud tone will be heard  The radio will shift to Channel 16  Responders MMSI will be displayed  Announce Your Name, Vessel Name, Number on Board, Situation, Over! 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 72 Making a Distress Call  If no ACK is Received, the radio will re-transmit Distress call  Every 4-5 minutes until canceled or ACK received.  If Situation Changes Do a Distress Cancel. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 73 Other DSC Calls  Position Requests  Request a Digital position of someone you are traveling with.  Position Reports  Report your position to someone that has not requested the report.  Auto Position Polling  Get updates on others position 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 74 HF Radio  Similar Functions on DSC Capable HF SSB  Added Step for DSC calling because it is HF  VHF Sends DSC message on Channel 70  For HF You need to select 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, or 16 MHz 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 75 HF Radio  Added Step to Receive DSC Calls on HF SSB  Receiving Radio must be scanning in “DSC Watch”  DSC Watch listens on 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 16 MHz  Looking for a DSC call to the radio’s MMSI or a programmed Group number. 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 76 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 77 Mexican SAR  SAR Part of Armada de México (Mexican Navy)  Accomplish SAR Operations, in a timely manner, within 50 miles of the Mexican coast line  Presently Five (5) Active SAR Naval Stations. Naval Jack 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 78 Search and Rescue Naval Stations  Estaciones Navales de Búsqueda y Rescate (ENSAR). (Naval Search and Rescue Stations)  Type A (Alfa) Naval Stations Equipped with:   (1) 47-Foot Motor Lifeboat (2) 33-Foot Defender Class boats Uniform and Boat logo  Type B (Bravo) Equipped with:  (1) 33-Foot Defender Class boats Service Mark 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 79 Maritime SAR Inventory  47-Foot Motor Lifeboat  Equipped with two Detroit Diesel engines  33-Foot Defender Class  MD Helicopters MD Explorer 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 80 Present SAR Stations in Mexico  Puerto Vallarta ENSAR station – Jalisco  1st Station - April 6, 2007  Ensenada ENSAR station - Baja California  Monitors channels 16, 14, and DSC VHF radio  Phone: 646 172 4000 for Help  Responsible for the Mexican Border south to about San Quintín  HF SSB frequency 8284.4 kHz USB radio for emergencies  Located to the right side of the Navy Station  Los Cabos ENSAR station - Baja California Sur 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 81 Search and Rescue Naval Stations  Huatulco ENSAR station – Oaxaca  Southern Pacific Mexico  Isla Mujeres ENSAR station - Quintana Roo  Northeast of Cancún in the Caribbean Sea  Goal is 19 ENSAR Stations  6 Type A's  13 Type B's 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 82 My Experience Ensenada SAR  One Distress Call Important to Cruisers  Quickly Acknowledged by Ensenada SAR  Answered when I called the Elan, the vessel making the Distress call.  Elan never answered.  Sent a Distress Cancelation  Ensenada SAR had Excellent Spoken English 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 83 Summary Comments  IMO wants you to use DSC  Eliminates clutter on 16  Large ships may not hear you except for DSC  Learn to use your DSC radio functions  Will eliminate frustration later when Cruising  May Save your Life!  GMDSS vessels may be your best bet for help  Mexico has a good SAR organization and will Help 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 84 Have Fun Ensenada Cruisers WWW.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 4/26/2014 www.Made‐Simplefor‐Cruisers.com 85 My Cruising Books   Cruising Starting from Scratch  Communications Made Simple for Cruisers  ICOM IC M802 Made Simple for Cruisers  Radar Made Simple for Cruisers  Icom IC M802 Starting from Scratch  *A New Ham I Am* Made Simple for Cruisers      Allende Books of La Paz MX  West Marine Sea Breeze Books and Charts Captain's Nautical Supplies Barnes and Nobel 1/18/2014      Blue Water Books and Charts Nautical Mind Bookstore Creative Space.com Amazon.com & Amazon.CO.UK Brunei Bay Radio in Brunei Darussalam  www.made‐simplefor‐cruisers.com 86